Rocco Helmchen (Ruhr Area, Germany)

Chaoscapes from Rocco Helmchen on Vimeo.
Fulldome Videoart Project 2007 with animated fractal structures in 2K resolution. Domevideo in "DomeMaster" (fisheye) format for projection on dome screen (e.g. planetarium), received Elevating Visual Award at Domefest 2007 in Albuquerque, NM
Visuals: Rocco Helmchen
Music: Andre Schröder


Walking With Light from Rocco Helmchen on Vimeo.
Fulldomeshow comissioned by Carl Zeiss Jena in 2009/10 as a branding/image show for "Powerdome" and "Velvet" projection systems. The idea behind the piece is following a beam of light from its "birth" through the world of optics, lenses and planetarium projectors back into space.
Animation, Photography, Editing: Rocco Helmchen
Original Music, Sounddesign: Johannes Kraas


Liquid / Light / Flow - 16:9 HighDef Remapped version from Rocco Helmchen on Vimeo.
Exploring the idea of "liquid light" using 3D fluid simulation. The viewer is inside a virtual transparent dome, immersed by a flow of glowing color.
Originally produced in 3K Fulldome-Video (Fisheye), remapped to 16:9 HD.
Visuals: Rocco Helmchen
Music: Davina Leonne
Full fisheye circle version: http://www.vimeo.com/1415156


Digital Notes (2002) from Rocco Helmchen on Vimeo.
Part of multi-angle DVD videoart project produced in 2002. Exploring the idea of bringing "visual samples" into a new context, using actors in a theatrical space to create a choreography of "movieposes".
This is one clip of 8 clips done by different artists, where each one uses a single camera angle on the final DVD.